The suds aren’t just for drinking anymore. A graduate student in soil and water science at UC Riverside uses local brews in her all-natural handcrafted soaps to make them extra moist. But don’t expect ...

Kim Aigle is a bar soap kind of gal. The 28-year-old former Brooklynite, now Delawearean, has turned her love of a bathroom staple into a successful online business and brick-and-mortar shop in Dover.

One side of the former Ruby Tuesday’s on Highway 281 and West 13th Street has baubles. The other, bubbles. Buff City Soap has joined Riddle’s Jewelry in the former building of the family restaurant.

Danielle Hastings is a survivor of domestic violence. But it’s not what defines her. “I was at an all-time low in my own life, and I needed an outlet,” she said. That outlet became a full-time ...